War Studies Seminar at the University of Birmingham

The provisional schedule for the seminar series at the Centre for War Studies at the University of Birmingham has been released. There are some very interesting papers being presented this year. There are a couple of interesting air power related papers and I am particularly looking forward to Air Vice-Marshal Professor Tony Mason‘s introduction of a series of interviews that he conducted with Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Arthur Harris and Group Captain Leonard Cheshire VC. These interviews were conducted when Tony was Director of Defence Studies for the RAF in the 1970s. I have seen elements of the Harris interview and it offers a unique view of Harris. All the more interesting given that Harris did not often give interviews.

Forthcoming Talks

‘Air Power and the Transatlantic Alliance during the First World War,’ Keynote Address, Over Here: Transatlantic Connections in the First World War, A One-Day Conference organised by the University of Chichester, 1 September 2017. More details here.